Remote chief executive Job van der Voort wants his staff to be 10 times more effective a year from now, because their AI tools will be 10 times more effective too. The company runs payroll and hires staff in other countries for its customers. Rather th…
Today, I’m talking to Kevin Roose, journalist and author of the new book The AGI Chronicles, which details the recent and explosive transformation of the AI industry. Kevin was a longtime New York Times reporter and host of the popular podcast Hard Fork, but he and friend of the show Casey Newton just left the […]
We gave the iPhone Duo a 7 /10. But that wasn’t always the score we planned, and it might not be the right score forever. Such are the challenges of reviewing – and assessing – a big, new idea about the most popular smartphone in history. On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay […]
Intel could not make 10 times more leading-edge wafers even if it wanted to, says its chief technology officer, Pushkar Ranade. The world lacks the chipmaking tools. Doubling output is about the limit, he told Dwarkesh Patel on the Dwarkesh Podcast. Pa…
Today, I’m talking to Bill Gates, cofounder and former CEO of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation. You may have noticed Bill in the news more lately — he’s been on something of a tour for the past few months, ever since publishing an essay in late August titled “The turbulent AI era is […]
Spotify ended the third quarter with 306 million paying subscribers, up 9% from a year earlier, according to its third-quarter update, published on Thursday. Monthly active users rose 11% to 788 million. Revenue grew 16% to €4.97 billion, or 14% at con…
Boomi is approaching $1bn in recurring revenue, chairman and chief executive Steve Lucas told TNW. The integration company has tripled its revenue in the four years since he joined in 2022, he said. It helps that Boomi does data, and “AI needs data,” h…
Spotify’s new paid memberships let podcasters offer fans exclusive perks, including ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content, while keeping 90% of the revenue.
Daytona runs sandboxes for AI agents, co-founder and chief executive Ivan Burazin told TNW. Its users include Meta, Cohere and Handshake, and the company has about 30 employees. Burazin, a Croatian citizen, started Daytona with two co-founders, one of …
Today, I’m talking with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who has a lot of thoughts about AI, tech, and privacy. If you’ve been listening to the show, you know that one of my running theories is that those issues are driving a big and maybe kind of unexpected political realignment — and with the midterms coming […]